Amisha B Patel, MD MPH| Epilepsy Neurology, Pediatric Neurology | MedStar Health
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Amisha B Patel, MD MPH
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

Specialties: Epilepsy Neurology, Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Epilepsy, Pediatrics

Languages: English

Clinical areas of focus

  • Chronic Headache Treatment
  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Epilepsy Surgery
  • Facial Weakness Treatment
  • Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
  • Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Implantation
  • Responsive Neurostimulation
  • Seizure Disorders
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
  • Brain Disorders
  • Brain Tumor
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Concussions
  • Convulsions
  • Dystonia
  • Dystonic Spasms
  • Encephalitis
  • Epilepsy And Seizures
  • Headache
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Ischemic Stroke
  • Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
  • Meningitis
  • Migraine
  • Monosomies And Deletions From Autosomes
  • Muscle Weakness
  • Neonatal Seizures
  • Neonatal Stroke
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Occipital Lobe Seizures
  • Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
  • Partial Seizures
  • Rett Syndrome
  • Seizure Disorders
  • Social Anxiety Disorder
  • Spastic Hemiparesis
  • Spasticity
  • Status Epilepticus
  • Temporal Lobe Seizures
  • Tourette Syndrome
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Tremors
  • Vision Disturbances
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Procedures I perform

  • Adhd Assessment
  • Adhd Evaluation
  • Anxiety Disorder Screening
  • Aortic Stenosis Treatment
  • Auditory Processing Disorder Evaluation
  • Behavioral Health Screening
  • Binge Eating Disorder Treatment
  • Biofeedback
  • Botox Injection
  • Brain Tumor Surgery
  • Brain-Computer Interface Training
  • Cerebral Fibromuscular Dysplasia Treatment
  • Cerebral Palsy Management
  • Child Development
  • Chronic Headache Treatment
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
  • Corpus Callosotomy
  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Developmental Follow-Up
  • Dopamine Therapy
  • Dystonia Treatment
  • Eeg Monitoring
  • Electroencephalogram
  • Electroencephalogram Review
  • Electromyography
  • Epilepsy Education
  • Epilepsy Surgery
  • Facial Weakness Treatment
  • Flash Electroretinography
  • Functional Mri
  • Gastrointestinal Neurological Disorders Treatment
  • Genetic Counseling
  • Hemispherectomy
  • Ictal Spect
  • Idiopathic Hypersomnia Treatment
  • Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
  • Kleine-Levin Syndrome Treatment
  • Limb Loss Rehabilitation
  • Measurement Of Central Nervous Electrical Activity
  • Median Nerve Conduction Studies
  • Mental Health Medication Management
  • Mind-Body Medicine
  • Movement Disorder Treatment
  • Muscular Dystrophy Treatment
  • Neonatal Seizure Management
  • Nerve Stimulation Therapy
  • Neurofibromatosis Type 2 Treatment
  • Neurogenetic Disorders Treatment
  • Neuroimaging
  • Neuromuscular Monitoring
  • Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
  • Neuropathic Pain Treatment
  • Neuropharmacogenetics
  • Neuropsychological Testing
  • Neurostimulation
  • Neurotoxicology
  • Newborn Screening Tests
  • Non-Rem Sleep Arousal Disorder Treatment
  • Online Counseling
  • Pain Medication Management
  • Palliative Care
  • Palliative Care Coordination
  • Pediatric Autism Screening
  • Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
  • Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Implantation
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Management
  • Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
  • Responsive Neurostimulation
  • Seizure Focus Localization
  • Seizure Treatment
  • Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
  • Sleep-Related Hallucination Treatment
  • Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
  • Status Epilepticus Treatment
  • Stereoencephalography
  • Stroke Management
  • Stroke Rehabilitation
  • Swallowing Disorder Treatment
  • Tension Headache Treatment
  • Tic Disorder Treatment
  • Trauma Assessment
  • Trauma Therapy
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation
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Practice locations

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4200 Wisconsin Ave NW
Ste 200
Washington, DC, 20016

202-243-3400
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Fax 202-243-3434

1420 Beverly Rd
Ste 300 3rd Fl
McLean, VA, 22101

703-852-8588
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Fax 877-245-1499

Insurance

MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.

  • List of insurance plans we accept
    • Aetna HMO
    • DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
    • HighMark
    • Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • CareFirst Administrators
    • CIGNA HMO Open Access
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • CIGNA Indemnity
    • Choice POS II
    • Kaiser Permanente Select
    • OCI Direct (HMO)
    • NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
    • Choice POS II Open Access
    • Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
    • CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
    • Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
    • Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
    • United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Better Health of MD
    • Network OA
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
    • HumanaChoice PPO
    • United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • Choice Fund PPO
    • Maryland Physicians Care MCO
    • United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
    • Medicare Direct
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
    • Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
    • Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
    • First Health PPO
    • TRICARE for Life East
    • BlueChoice Open Access
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
    • IH-Open EPO Plus
    • CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs
    • MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
    • IH-HMO
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • CIGNA PPO
    • First Health PPO
    • United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Classic 5000PD
    • IH-Open POS II
    • BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
    • Humana Gold Plus HMO
    • Aetna VA Exchange
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature
    • MultiPlan, Inc
    • IH-Open HMO Option
    • Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
    • Blue Choice Advantage
    • Aetna Premier 200PD
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
    • United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
    • Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
    • United Healthcare Choice
    • Options PPO Cardiac Global
    • CIGNA PPO Plus
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
    • IH-POS
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
    • Sentara Health
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
    • CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
    • HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
    • UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
    • Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Classic 5000
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
    • CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
    • TRICARE East Prime
    • Tricare Reserve Select
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
    • CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
    • CareFirst MedStar PPO
    • CareFirst Blue Card Program
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
    • Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
    • Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
    • TriWest Healthcare Alliance
    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
    • Aetna Advantage 6350
    • Police and Fire Clinic
    • UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
    • IH-EPO Plus
    • Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
    • M.D. IPA (HMO)
    • Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
    • United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
    • United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
    • IH-PPO
    • Amerigroup DC Alliance
    • Geisinger Medicare Advantage
    • POS OA
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
    • Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
    • CIGNA EPO
    • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
    • CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
    • IH-Open POS Plus
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • Aetna Advantage 6350PD
    • CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • Core Essential (HMO)
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
    • Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
    • Medicare FFS
    • Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
    • AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
    • HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
    • Advantra Platinum (PPO)
    • Aetna Better Health of VA
    • CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
    • Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
    • M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
    • IH-Network Only Plus
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
    • Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
    • Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
    • UHC Passport
    • IH-Open HMO
    • Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
    • BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
    • Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
    • UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
    • IH-POS Plus
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • IH-Indemnity
    • CIGNA POS/Network POS
    • United Student Resources
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • IH-Open Network Only Plus
    • Aetna Advantage 5750
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
    • Aetna Classic 3500
    • Beech Street PPO
    • Choice POS
    • United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
    • Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
    • Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
    • Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
    • Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Employee Health Plan
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
    • Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
    • Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
    • CareFirst EPO
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • TRICARE East Select
    • CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
    • Erickson Advantage Plans
    • Aetna Basic
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
    • United Healthcare Options (PPO)
    • OA Plus
    • Navigate
    • CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
    • CareFirst NASCO
    • CIGNA Connect EPO
    • Optimum Choice

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Epilepsy

Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology

Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2021)

Residency: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2020)

Residency: Tripler Army Medical Center (2014)

Graduate: George Washington University (2013)

Medical School: George Washington University (2013)